What is the difference between Sanguine Scarlet and Carmine Red?

ΔE 6 (close). Carmine Red is more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Sanguine Scarlet vs Carmine Red

Sanguine Scarlet

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: midtones
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #97191d (estimate)

Carmine Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.908
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #932126 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Carmine Red is more muted than Sanguine Scarlet.

Can I use Carmine Red instead of Sanguine Scarlet?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Carmine Red is more muted than Sanguine Scarlet.

Can I use Sanguine Scarlet instead of Carmine Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Sanguine Scarlet is more saturated.

ΔE is the colour difference between our two swatch estimates: under about 6 is close, over about 15 is loose. Real paints also differ in finish, coverage and how they thin, so test before you commit.

See Sanguine Scarlet on the colour wheel See Carmine Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Sanguine Scarlet

Sanguine Scarlet vs Gory Red (72.011)Game Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Carmine Red
Sanguine Scarlet vs Scarlet Red (72.012)Game Color · ΔE 7, close
Sanguine Scarlet vs Ferrari Red (71.085)Model Air · ΔE 8, close

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Carmine Red

Carmine Red vs Emperor RedTriads: midtones · ΔE 12, fair
Carmine Red vs Rust OrangeTriads: shadows · ΔE 18, loose
Carmine Red vs Dry Rust BrownTriads: midtones · ΔE 19, loose

All matches: Sanguine Scarlet equivalents · Carmine Red equivalents